How does Morse's lat injury relate to Halladay's?

The first thing I thought of when I heard Roy Halladay had lat strain was Michael Morse.

The Nationals right fielder still hasn’t seen a pitch in 2012, and it all started with a lat strain.

Morse was originally diagnosed with a lat strain on March 6 and the Washington papers reported he had been expected to be back in the middle of April, hopefully for their home opener on April 12.

But right around that time, Morse re-injured it. During a minor league rehab appearance, he actually tore the muscle and was shut down for six weeks.

Finally, he was given the green light to begin another rehab assignment, and on Wednesday, was expected to play for Class A Potomac.

So you can see the original timeline was along the same lines as Halladay’s 6-to-8 week timeline. That’s good news for Halladay, and surely the Phillies organization is hoping their ace doesn’t have a setback during his recovery like Morse did.

According to Washington Post writer James Wagner, “… that muscle strain made swinging hard but throwing nearly impossible.”